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DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR: -Ophtalmic infections -Ophtalmic inflammation -Ophtalmic diseases genetics, -Immune-mediated ocular inflammation Laboratorio de Inmunología (inmunoLAB) Via Alfredo Corell
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Like animal predators attacking their prey, some bacteria consume and kill other bacteria. Scientists report progress in putting predator microbes to work, attacking antibiotic resistant bacteria that cause infections that lead to blindness.
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Citation: Shanks RMQ, Davra VR, Romanowski EG, Brothers KM, Stella NA, et al. (2013) An Eye to a Kill: Using Predatory Bacteria to Control Gram-Negative Pathogens Associated with Ocular Infections. PLoS ONE 8(6): e66723. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066723 Editor: Michael Hensel, University of Osnabrueck, Germany Received: April 3, 2013; Accepted: May 10, 2013; Published: June 18, 2013
Link to plos-ONE paper: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0066723
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Keratomycosis is the name reserved for keratitis initiated by a fungus.
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Ocular toxoplasmosis (OT), due to protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is a potential complication of both acquired and congenital infection, leading to visual impairment in numerous countries and being responsible for 30 to 50% of uveitis cases in immunocompetent individuals. In this study we confirmed the presence of more severe ocular toxoplasmosis in a tropical setting of Colombia, when compared to France. The main hypothesis for these clinical differences is based on the idea that severe disease in humans may result from poor host adaptation to neotropical zoonotic strains of T. gondii Indeed, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that South American strains may cause more severe OT due to an inhibition of the intraocular protective immune response.